Senior Principal Contract Manager - Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Ocean Springs (MS); On-site; USD 101,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

9/80 Work Schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Senior Principal Contract Administrator to support the Multidomain Sensing, Targeting and Survivability Division (MSTS). This on-site role may be staffed in Charlottesville, VA, or Sykesville, MD, Linthicum, MD, or Ocean Springs, MS.

You will handle proposal preparation, contract negotiations, administration, and customer contract activities to ensure proper contract acquisition and fulfillment in line with company policies and customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience in contracts administration or a related field (i.e. legal); OR a Master’s degree with 5 Years of experience.
• Experience using MS Office, specifically Excel.
• Experience using FAR/DFARS.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• An interim US Government Secret Clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Act as a primary interface with customer for contractual issues; Monitor contract and associated program to ensure that contractual obligations are communicated and understood.
• Participate in contract proposal preparation, contract negotiations, contract administration, and customer contract activities to manage assigned contracts in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications.
• Work under general supervision to develop solutions to both routine and complex contractual matters to ensure company compliance with contract requirements on assigned programs.
• Ensure fulfillment of contract requirements, manage contract changes and maintain historical information.
• Review terms and conditions to address provisions and risks of financial terms, acceptance criteria, delivery requirements, warranty, intellectual property, termination provisions, indemnification and all other potential risk areas and recommend risk mitigation strategies.
• Assist management in achieving financial goals related to cash management and sales.
• Prepare and manage written communications with internal and external customers for assigned contractual matters.
• Enter and maintain contract data into Contract Management System and/or Enterprise Accounting System
• Ensure timely delivery of all contractual deliverables (CDRLs/SDRLs) and submission of invoices.

Skills

MS Office proficiency

FAR/DFARS experience

U.S. Citizenship

Secret clearance

Contract administration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

1ERP

MS Excel

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Senior Principal Contract Administrator to support the Multidomain Sensing, Targeting and Survivability Division (MSTS). This on-site role may be staffed in Charlottesville, VA, or Sykesville, MD, Linthicum, MD, or Ocean Springs, MS.

You will handle proposal preparation, contract negotiations, administration, and customer contract activities to ensure proper contract acquisition and fulfillment in line with company policies and customer requirements.